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"Where the deuce is it getting that picture from, and how does one change it? Thanks!"

Answer : is the same position (FOV minimum zoom tnx RMC It) what u stored in the Initial Position

The view that will be displayed behind the Play/Editor etc. buttons is the initial position. When the park is loading play mode, the picture you selected should appear.

The above is what I've already done (successfully) a couple of hundred times now, and that DOES work. It's the screen (background pic) you get when you do ALT+X. I'm sorry, but I thought I'd explained it above.... I don't know how else to express it!

Jetcoasterfan posted on July 5th, 2021

Can this be added? https://nolimitscentral.com/exchange/park/1745

Seems appropriate to me; looks useful for indoor parks

Nice ride! It captures B&M's style well. The airtime hill over the MCBR seems to make the MCBR more enjoyable. The non-inverting loop that might need a bit more shaping to eliminate high forces. Try to make it look more like a "heart"; see here for an example. I do think that some of the curves need to be smoothed a bit to eliminate G-force, such as the transition into the overbank. Finally, I think that some areas may need more supports, such as the track near the loop and near the overbank. Great coaster overall, looks to be a fun ride!

Make a screen shot u like to have as Preview image (stored in My Documents / My Images)

Go in your EDITOR
tab : Park
button : Park Settings

u see Preview : use button [...] to select the preview image

Don't forget to save your park to take effect of the change.

Good luck, please feel free to ask again.

Whilst awaiting the establishment of my new all-singing, all dancing PC (bought specially for NL2 purposes), I thought I'd do a bit of housekeeping on my current coaster collection of several hundred. This includes setting up a standard "preview" jpg, and I'm enjoying myself creating the best snapshot I can for each. I've made the appropriate links and it all works fine : when selecting a coaster to open, it now has a picture rather than the standard icon. So far, so good. However...... when I do ALT+X, to switch between edit and play, for example, the picture behind the Play / Editor / Setup / Help / Info / Quit tabs is not the preview pic (which is what that I was expecting). It's certainly the coaster in question, but rather an "arbitrary" view in my opinion. Where the deuce is it getting that picture from, and how does one change it? Thanks!

@ RMC It : No problem

^That seemed kinda rude and non-specific, altho going to rcdb is not a bad idea.

Anyway, in the second screen, the bottom of the non-inverting loop looks like it would pull way too many G's than would be comfortable, and the overbank is using the wrong kind of supports. The first screen also looks uncomfortable with the drop pullout into the turnaround.

Hi. Thanks for the info! Much appreciated. i actually printed out the specifications required on the NL2 website (not the "minimum" list but the "recommended" list) and gave it to the builder. I said I want "that or better", and he assures me that what I have now surpasses in every aspect. I looked at monitors today and am almost decided on one model now. It will have an HDMI cable (not VGA), which I am told helps matters. I'm led to believe that monitors don't need special installation discs with W10 - they're all plug 'n' play. That really surprised me, but we shall see when I get it and connect it. If it's still dodgy in appearance after that, then yes, I will certainly then question the NVIDIA graphics card..... but fingers crossed! Btw, it seems I am WELL behind the times - I always thought W10 only came out about 3 years ago! DOH! Anyway, thanks again! David.

Thanks

Can this be added? https://nolimitscentral.com/exchange/park/1745

So fist off, I wouldn’t be too worried about NL2. Software compatibility is very different than hardware compatibility. Next as a note, the reason your builder won’t do windows 7 is because it is an obsolete (as a technical term) OS. Microsoft stopped developing security updates for it so there’s literally nothing you can do to secure a windows 7 computer anymore and every Windows 7 machine connected to the internet is a target.

As for your hardware, sounds like you might be using some pretty antiquated stuff. You’ll always have problems running too old of peripheral hardware with with newer machines (it’s not just an OS thing but also compatibility between interior components and the peripherals). That being said, any monitor manufactured since Windows 10 release in 2015 should be compatible with modern graphics cards and Windows 10. If you’ve really tried several monitors and none of them work, you might have a faulty graphics card. I’d ask your builder to check it. Chip manufacturer will replace for free if that is the case. I’ve built a few custom rigs and you frequently get faulty components so manufacturers are used to replacing them. In general I personally haven’t had any issue with my personal machines (3 in total) or my work machines (probably around 6-7) on Windows 10 running monitors that were manufactured before Windows 10 was even released.

As for general performance, what components are in your new rig? What processor, graphics card, type and amount of RAM, disk? Remember since you’re talking about user created content, it’s usually poorly optimized (if optimized at all) so some custom NL2 creations can easily be more resource intensive than modern premiere games made by professional studios.

Hope u guys will like of what i added to my Coasterman Remix Revolution. WARNING the lights are bright.

Happy Fourth of July! Made an American-themed coaster!

Nope not even but would see this bizar

Do u mean perhaps Bestdani's Fire Partikle effect ?
Here u can find Dropbox from Bestdani : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6i02ddi0vls2jy0/AABP-5nt0I2mp7AFRJKaEZjSa?dl=0

I'm trying to make a 4th of July coaster, and I wanted to put some triggered fireworks near it. However, I do not have the Steam version of NL2, so I can't download bestdani's firework effects directly. Does anybody know a park that has them that I could extract? Thankz

Working on Raging Falcon a B&M hyper with a non inverting loop sounds unique isn't I found inspiration from RLRdess Chimera ride that has it but mine is a hyper coaster and does not feature inversions.

Here are some pictures and a link to the file if you want to contribute.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE FOURMS WHAT DID YOU ADD SO I CAN ADD YOU IN THE CONTRIBUTIONS. WHEN I UPLOAD THE PARK.

FEEL FREE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND CREDIT ME

It's not an NL2 problem directly, but it was all caused by my NL2 requirements.

I've finally got my new PC this week, which I bought solely to be able to run NL2 to its full advantage, i.e. more video memory, better graphics card, etc. (Occasionally I've tried to download certain coasters, only to find my current PC could't handle them).

My custom-builder told me I couldn't have a Windows 7 PC. It HAD to be Windows 10. Talk about a shock to the system. It was bad enough going from XP to W7, but jeez! It'll take me ages to become 'au fait' with the changes, but I shall persevere.

However, there's a problem with my W7 monitor - colours are wrong and hazy to boot. Same with some generic plug'n' play monitors I've tried too. Long story short - it seems the only solution is to buy a monitor that is W10-compliant.

This is where I'm worrying. I've already found to my horror that the folder where drivers are kept can't be added to (even with an "administrator" user id). I could buy a new monitor, but when it came to installing the associated driver disc, how do I solve the "denied permission"?

I can't believe Microsoft have concocted such a fiendish operating system! Have any other NL2 users had trouble with Windows 10?

Thanks for any advice. (n.b. this is BEFORE I even try to install my NL2 disc. Gulp!)

David